Impending Announcement by U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy on E-Cigarettes Draws Statement by Jeff Stier of the National Center for Public Policy Research
Stier, a nationally-recognized authority on e-cigarette policy, is available to comment on today's news... More on e-cigarettes and the Surgeon General...

New Black Central Station News Portal Launched
We've launched a new race-focused website to encourage understanding in America... More on Black Central Station...

Is Apple Going the Way of the Post Office?
Hate to say it, but I think Apple, one of America's premier companies, may have its best days behind it... More on Apple decline...

Want to Buy Lawmakers? Hacker Guccifer 2.0 Releases Notes Purporting to Show It Being Done
People have gone to prison for giving lawmakers gifts. When was it determined that campaign contributions and support are not gifts? More on DCCC hack...

Sorry, Washington Post: EVERYONE Should Reject Statements Demeaning to Women
"The Washington Post goes to great lengths to discredit the idea that culture impacts the behavior of the people who partake in it," says Project 21's Stacy Washington. "I'm arguing that the acceptance of degrading music as 'art' is hypocritical if you're going to judge the private conversations of others"... More on hip-hop's demeaning treatment of women...

Award-Winning Director Aaron Biebert Hosts "Winston Man" and Dr. Sally Satel for Panel on October 28th about Saving A Billion Lives
The media is invited to attend the "A Billion Lives" premiere/panel discussion on Friday, October 28th in New York City... More on New York City premiere of "A Billion Lives"...

Are White Voters Smarter Than African-American Voters?
Some decisionmakers seem to believe minority voters cannot pick individual candidates for themselves, and must have a straight-ticket option in order to vote... More on racism and straight-ticket voting...

Anti-Religious Freedom Activists Defeated at Procter & Gamble Annual Meeting
VICTORY at the Procter & Gamble shareholder meeting! A leftist group tried to recruit P&G to oppose religious liberty laws in the states, but shareholders saw through the scheme and overwhelmingly voted against the proposal... More on P&G Procter & Gamble and religious liberty...

Procter & Gamble Shareholders Urged to Reject Highly-Politicized Shareholder Proposal
A liberal group will be pressuring Procter & Gamble to oppose religious liberty and freedom of conscience laws at the state level. We will be at the P&G shareholder meeting to stand up against this proposal... More on P&G Procter & Gamble and religious liberty...

Tar Heel Toilets and Terrible Reporting: Setting the Record Straight on North Carolina's Public Accommodation Law
North Carolina's HB2 bathroom law is not about transgender rights; it is about the Department of Justice trying to rewrite the Constitution... More on North Carolina's HB2 bathroom law...

New Conservative Voice Joins National Urban Talk Radio
Project 21's Stacy Washington's "Stacy on the Right" show delivers daily, blunt, "let's-solve-this" dialogue between urban communities and a black conservative leader... More on Stacy Washington's "Stacy on the Right"...

"Madam Secretary" Season Debuts With Look at Climate Change and Military Bases
When the new season of CBS's "Madam Secretary" premieres, it will tackle the same issue we addressed just a few weeks ago: the affect of climate change on military bases... More on Madam Secretary, climate change and military bases...

Nike Ducks Civil Rights Question
Does Nike believe the DOJ should be able to redefine "sex discrimination" without congressional approval? Nike execs refused to answer our question, but their actions speak louder than words... More on Nike, HB2 and sex discrimination...

Climate Change Alarmists' Dramatic New Claim Doesn't Hold Water: U.S. Military Bases Are Not at Risk from Global Warming
Before the Pentagon redirects funds from troop readiness and other priorities to confront climate change, it should bear in mind that climate and weather are fickle and that judicious adaptation to whatever Mother Nature serves up is the most prudent course to follow... More on climate change and military bases...

No President Should Be Able to Create a 5,000-Square-Mile National Monument Without Consulting Congress and Affected States
R.J. Smith and Bonner Cohen respond to the White House's announcement that President Obama is unilaterally creating a new 5,000-square-mile national monument off the coast of New England.... More on federal land grabs...

Time to Repeal the Antiquities Act of 1906
The Antiquities Act is being used to lock up vast areas of land, precluding all environmental management, and eliminating traditional multiple uses such as hunting, snowmobiling and off-road vehicles... More on federal land grabs...

Joe Hicks, RIP
Joe Hicks was one of Project 21's most active, valued, and valuable members.... More on Joe Hicks...

National Center Newsletter: Spring/Summer Edition
"These things aren't likely to win us many popularity contests, but they help us win something much more important... liberty"... More on the National Center's impact...

The Role of Gun Laws and Race in the Newest Neighborhood Watch Murder
A white homeowner shot a black man outside his home, claiming he was protecting his neighborhood and family. National Center legal expert Horace Cooper analyzed the case on HLN's "Dr. Drew."... More on Neighborhood Watch murder...

U.S. Justice Department Report on Baltimore Policing: "Evidence of a Vindictive, Politically-Motivated Obama DOJ," Says Project 21's Joe Hicks
"I smell another federal consent decree that will federalize Baltimore's struggling law enforcement officers," says Hicks. "This, on the heels of an unprecedented national war on cops -- and cop-killing at levels the nation has not seen before"... More on DOJ's report on Baltimore police...

Could Barack Obama and His Successor, Presumably Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump, Re-Write the 1964 Civil Rights Act Anytime They Want?
"All these corporations should be explaining to their shareholders why they have gone to court arguing that the separation of powers laid out in the U.S. Constitution... is no longer in effect, says Amy Ridenour... More on Red Hat and HB2, North Carolina's bathroom law...

FDA E-Cig Regulations Harm Innovation, Public Health; Groups File in Support of Challenge to Deeming Rule
Today we co-filed an amicus brief in support of the challenge to the FDA's new regulation of e-cigs being brought by Nicopure Labs... More on lawsuit over e-cigarette Deeming Rule...

The Republican Party Is About White Lives Making Black Lives Matter
The Radical Republicans of the Civil war era are actually "blacker" than the 1960s Black Panthers, in that the former were philosophically far more radical, realistic - and yes, better armed - for the liberation causes of black lives... More on Republicans and Black Lives Matter...

Baltimore Prosecutor Marilyn Mosby Condemned for Remarks, Actions in Freddie Gray Case
Black conservative leaders Joe Hicks, Stacy Washington and Horace Cooper are responding to the fiery press conference by Maryland State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby, who blamed the Baltimore Police Department for her failure to win convictions in cases against police officers in the death of Freddie Gray... More on Mariyn Mosby...

Black Lives Matter... When They Can Be Exploited
"Black lives [are] mattering, but only in a political context, when they can be exploited...," says Project 21's Joe Hicks, appearing with radio host Tommy "TJ" Sotomayor on Jamie Glazov's "The Glazov Gang..." More on Joe Hicks and Black Lives Matter...

Military, Police Defended by Project 21's Horace Cooper on CNN's HLN Dr. Drew Show
Project 21's own Horace Cooper was on CNN's HLN News) Dr. Drew Show twice this week, defending both the U.S. military and our nation's police officers... More on defending the police and military...

Project 21's Joe Hicks Puts Black Lives Matter Under the Heat Lamp
Joe Hicks tells us there's no end in sight for this nation's war on police officers, thanks to "a nearly endless number of black men... [with] victimization fantasies."... More on Joe Hicks and Black Lives Matter...

"President Obama Should Resign and Apologize to Law Enforcement," Says Project 21's Council Nedd
Project 21's Council Nedd, a Pennsylvania State Constable, is calling upon President Obama to resign and to apologize... More on Council Nedd's call...

Black Conservatives Available for Commentary on Police Killings, Freddie Gray Case
"Black conservatives affiliated with the Project 21 national leadership group are available for interviews... More on black conservatives...

U.S. Department of Justice is Attempting to Rewrite Federal Law
"The issue at stake is much more than bathroom laws and gender identification," says Justin Danhof. "It is about the rule of law and separation of powers"... More on rewriting the Civil Rights Act...

Group Calls on U.S. Senators to Prove They Aren't Hypocrites
After this week's marathon on the Senate floor about a so-called #‎WebofDenial, we are calling on a group of high-profile Senators working on the climate issue to prove they are not hypocrites... More on #WebofDenial hypocrisy and climate change...

Regulating Pleasure: National Center for Public Policy Research Sponsors a Debate with Consumers, Public Health and Policy Experts at London's Royal Society of Medicine
When setting regulatory policy, how do we protect health and consumer freedom to pursue pleasure? More on Royal Society of Medicine debate on regulating pleasure...

Dallas Police Shootings and Black Lives Matter Both Criticized by Project 21's Green
"I don't care why he did it," Derryck Green said about Micah Johnson's motive in killing Dallas police officers. "A lot of people have a lot of difficult things going on in their lives and they don’t resort to taking their anger or their frustration out by harming innocent people"... More on Dallas police shootings and Black Lives Matter...

Jeff Stier Testifies About E-Cigarettes Before Washington State Legislators
Stier participated in a meeting of the Washington State House Commerce and Gaming Committee on June 28... More on regulation of e-cigarettes...

Supreme Court Immigration Ruling Applauded by Project 21's Emery McClendon
"No illegal immigrant should be allowed to receive assistance from our government to break the law or to automatically tag on to others to become citizens," says McClendon... More on SCOTUS immigration ruling...

Affirmative Action Ruling by U.S. Supreme Court in Fisher v. University of Texas Disappoints Black Conservatives
By upholding the use of race in college admissions, the Supreme Court made it impossible for aspiring non-white students to succeed on their own academic merits without a 'question mark' attached, said Project 21's Darryn "Dutch" Martin... More on SCOTUS affirmative action decision...

CNN's Increased Ideological Diversity Applauded
After years of repeatedly criticizing CNN's parent company for the network's liberal bias, the National Center for Public Policy Research flipped the switch at today's annual meeting of Time Warner investors in Burbank, California... More on Time Warner and CNN...

The Nanny State Advances: Statement on Passage of Anti-Soda Tax in Philadelphia
"The only good thing about Philadelphia's newly-imposed soda tax is that proponents were somewhat honest about it, admitting it wasn't about improving public health," says Jeff Stier. "Instead, they admitted it was a money grab, albeit a highly regressive one"... More on Philadelphia soda tax...

Juneteenth -- America's Celebration of the End of Slavery -- to be Celebrated Sunday, June 19
Reflections from three members of Project 21... More on Juneteenth...

Is It Too Much To Expect Our Elected Officials to Understand the Declaration of Independence?
Project 21's Nadra Enzi had some solid words in rebuttal to a black Louisiana legislator who attacked the Declaration of Independence... More on race and the Declaration of Independence...

Statement in Response to Orlando Terrorist Attack
Project 21's Kevin Martin says "it is long past time to ...put the blame squarely where it belongs: on those cowardly terrorists"... More on Orlando shooting...